The Harbingers

The Harbingers

Adam Blackwell and Amy Stirling met as graduate students in anthropology, both obsessed with studying the same dead language and long-lost culture. Their relationship was always... complicated. They were bitter rivals, ideological opposites, and even went out on a date once - though they’d really prefer if everyone forgot about that last thing, thank you very much.

Then, they became the first two people in thousands of years capable of doing magic.

Over the next five years, they became global superstars, both revered and feared. Their powers led to a tragedy unlike any the world had seen before. Now, the world's first two magicians of the modern age must figure out the truth of their power, its consequences, and their relationship with one another before they do more damage to the world.

The Harbingers is a new fiction podcast created by Gabriel Urbina, directed and sound designed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner.

From Audacious Machine Creative.

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Episode's summary

Today, we're excited to share a delightful scary story from our friends at Creepy!And here...we...go...***Town History ***Failed Veins***Written by: J. Boyd and Narrated by: Michelle Kane***Content warning: kidnapping, forced experimentation***Title music by: Alex Aldea See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episodes

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Feed Drop: Creepy

Today, we're excited to share a delightful scary story from our friends at Creepy!And here...we...go...***Town History ***Failed Veins***Written by: J. Boyd and Narrated by: Michelle Kane***Content warning: kidnapping, forced experimentation***Title music by: Alex Aldea See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

15 Oct 2026
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Episode 19: Bolt in the Blue

Episode 19. May of 2029. Roughly a month after their acquisition of Harbinger artifacts, the South Korean military finally publicly announces they are in possession of a ring of magic. It is now in the possession of Captain Soo-Jin Choi, a decorated test pilot in the South Korean Air Force. In short order, Adam and Amy travel to Hawaii to meet with Captain Choi, hoping to ascertain what she intends to do with her newly acquired magic. Once they get there, however, they find themselves in a discussion more delicate and more confrontational than either of them were prepared for. Be advised: this episode contains strong language, discussions of politics, drinking, and both depictions and discussions of military activity, including a large-scale destructive act. It also mentions, but does not depict, military conflict, military dictatorships, and a terrorist attack. Listener discretion is advised. The Harbingers was created by Gabriel Urbina. Today's episode was written by Gabriel Urbina. It was directed & sound…

08 Oct 2026
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Episode 18: Good Grief

Episode 18. The fall of 2029. As Adam comes to grips with the reality of a world with multiple magicians in it, he does his best to find the answer to the question that haunts his every waking hour: how did the ancient Harbinger Empire survive two ring-wielders coming into conflict with one another? By 2032, whether Adam managed to solve that riddle or not may be key to thousands of people and multiple nations surviving the Atlantic Crisis. Be advised: this episode contains strong language, discussions of politics, and depictions of incarceration, specifically within the modern American prison system. It also mentions, but does not depict, acts of war, violence, and murder, most of it directed towards a group that had been subjugated through military force. Listener discretion is advised. The Harbingers was created by Gabriel Urbina. Today's episode was written by Gabriel Urbina. It was directed & sound designed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner. It featured the voices of Andrés Enriquez as Adam Blackwell, Lauren…

24 Sep 2026
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Episode 17: The Perfect Opening Line

Episode 17. The summer of 2032. Two years after the event that led to the destruction of Boston, the world is still reeling. While Adam serves the start of a life sentence, Amy works to change the way the public views that fateful day. It is a very uphill battle. However, when another of the world’s seven magicians uses her powers in a very dangerous, very public way, Amy and the Shepherd Administration must work together to find a way out of the modern world's second great magic crisis. But given the powers and the immunities that are granted to them by their Harbinger rings, what can they even do to stop a magician who very much feels like an unstoppable force?Be advised: this episode contains strong language, discussions of politics, and depictions of drinking, perilous situations, and acts of terrorism. It also mentions, but does not depict, incarceration - specifically within the American prison system - military activity, danger involving flying and aircraft, and a large-scale disaster. Listener…

10 Sep 2026
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The Story Thus Far

Season 2 is a couple weeks away. And if you don’t have time to re-listen to all of season 1, we wanted to help you out a little bit. So Jeffrey, Gabriel, and I are here to do a recap of season 1. Three quick thoughts before we jump in. First, s with our first season- we'll be doing livestreams of season two episodes before they air! There will be more information on our social media, and on our website at www.audaciousmachinecreative.com.Next, you know how the Harbingers is a story that jumps around in time? For this recap we have taken all the twists, turns, and loop-di-loops and ironed them out into a chronological straight line. By doing that, it makes some parts of the story more clear and some less clear. So you might notice new connections. But that leads me to my final thing - a caution. We left stuff out. This isn’t a replacement for listening to season 1. You will miss lots of stuff. So please, enjoy this for what it is. A good way to jog your memory and get excited about what comes next.Without…

03 Sep 2026